(a) 
Applications for all land use decisions shall be made at the offices of the reviewing authority on forms supplied by that authority. Each application for a land use decision shall be accompanied by such information and materials deemed necessary to render the requested land use decision before such application is deemed complete and accepted for filing. Any application made under the provisions of the Development Code may be initiated by the City Council or by any interested party unless otherwise indicated in this Code.
(b) 
Any application that has been submitted and remained inactive for one year following City corrections shall be deemed as withdrawn.
(Ord. 472 § 2, 2025)
(a) 
All land use applications that are subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) shall be reviewed by the Community Development Department as provided for in the City of Yucaipa Environmental Review Guidelines.
(b) 
Prior to taking an action to approve a land use application that is subject to CEQA, the Planning Agency shall make one or more environmental findings. The environmental finding(s) are required in addition to the findings specified in this division for each application type.
(a) 
Each land use application form and information packet shall include a list of the information and materials required for the application to be considered complete under Section 83.010405, below.
(b) 
Any application for a land use decision which does not contain the required information and materials, or which is not accompanied by the appropriate application fee, may be rejected as incomplete by the planning agency as provided in Section 83.010405, below.
When the complexity of a land use application warrants it, the designated reviewing authority or the office given responsibility for accepting the land use application may require that the applicant submit materials and attend necessary conferences or hearings to conduct a preliminary review of a development proposal prior to the acceptance of the application.
(a) 
Upon receipt of a request for a land use decision that utilizes the Public Hearing, Administrative Review, Development Review, or Staff Review with Notice procedures, the reviewing authority shall cause notice to be given specifying the time and place at least ten calendar days prior to the date of the scheduled land use decision by the following applicable methods.
(1) 
Notice shall be published once in a newspaper of general circulation in the respective community of the proposal for the following land use decisions using the Public Hearing procedure.
(A) 
Subdivisions, where a tentative and final map are required.
(B) 
Development Code Amendment.
(C) 
General Plan Map Amendments.
(D) 
Amendments to the text of the General Plan or a Specific Plan.
(2) 
Notice shall be given by first class mail to any person who has filed a written request for a specific application.
(3) 
Notice shall be given by first class mail or delivery to all surrounding property owners for land use decisions using the Public Hearing, Administrative Review, or Development Review procedures.
(4) 
Notice shall be given by first class mail or delivery to all contiguous property owners for land use decisions using the Staff Review with Notice procedure.
(5) 
Notice shall also be given, as required by Section 66451.3 of the California Government Code, in the case of a conversion of residential real property to a condominium project, community apartment project, or stock cooperative.
(6) 
Notice may be given in such other manner as is deemed necessary or desirable.
(b) 
Said notice shall include sufficient information to give those receiving the notice a reasonable opportunity to evaluate the implications of the proposal and to participate in the decision making process. Furthermore, notices for land use decisions involving subdivisions for which a tentative and final map are required shall inform the recipient of his or her right to request, prior to the noticed land use decision date, that the proposal be reviewed by the City under the Public Hearing procedures.
(c) 
A one-eighth (1/8) page legal display advertisement in a newspaper of general circulation may be substituted for individual property owner notice whenever the individual notice would require notification of more than 1,000 property owners.
(d) 
Ownership and addresses of surrounding and contiguous properties shall be determined from the latest equalized tax assessment roll or from other records of the County Assessor or County Tax Collector, whichever contains more recent information.
(e) 
During the public hearing, items which are continued by the reviewing authority to a specific date shall not be re-noticed unless specifically requested by the reviewing authority.
In approving an application for a land use decision, the reviewing authority may establish reasonable conditions to its approval that are found to be necessary to protect the public health, safety, and general welfare that are consistent with the City’s General Plan and the provisions of this Code.
Minor modifications to the conditions of approval or project design for a conditionally approved development project may be revised by the Community Development Director through the Staff Review without Notice procedure. However, should the Community Development Director determine that the modification(s) may be controversial, the requested modification(s) shall be referred back to the reviewing authority who required the condition(s). Those review procedures which were applicable when the condition(s) requested to be modified were originally imposed shall be used for such modification(s).
Any development project defined in Government Code Sections 65927 and 65928 which is automatically approved pursuant to California Government Code Section 65956 shall be approved subject to the following standard conditions.
(a) 
The development project must be a permitted use in the applicable land use district.
(b) 
The development project must be consistent with the General Plan.
(c) 
The development project must comply with the public health, safety, and welfare requirements of other public agencies. These agencies include, but are not limited to, the County Departments of Environmental Health Services, City Engineer, and the Office of Building and Safety.
(d) 
Any automatic approval of a development project shall become null and void unless all conditions imposed by this section have been complied with, and the occupancy, use of the land, and use of the proposed or existing structures authorized by such automatic approval, has taken place within 36 months after the date of the automatic approval.
Any conditional land use decision made in accordance with the provisions of this Code shall be subject to the following time limitations.
(a) 
Unless all conditions have been complied with and the occupancy, use, or division of land authorized by the land use decision has taken place or been recorded within 36 months after the day the land use decision becomes effective, the land use decision shall become null and void.
(b) 
Planned Development. Notwithstanding the above provisions of this section, a conditionally approved Planned Development for a phased project shall be subject to a time limitation not to exceed that specified by the condition of approval for the Development Plan approval. The applicant, however, shall either record a tract map or obtain building permits for at least one phase of the project within five years of the development plan conditional approval and, as applicable, within each succeeding five-year period.
(c) 
Where circumstances warrant, the Planning Agency or such other agency, department or person designated by the reviewing authority may grant an extension of time for a period or periods not to exceed a total of 36 months. The findings then required to approve such a permit must be made prior to approving an extension for that permit. All such extensions must be found to be consistent with the provisions of the General Plan and the City Code. This subsection shall not be applied to extend the time limits provided in subsection (b) above, or for Planning Use Permits.
(d) 
A request for an extension of time shall be filed at least 30 days and no more than 90 days prior to the expiration date of an application. Any land use application for which an extension request has been filed within this time period shall not expire for 60 days or until an action is taken upon the extension request, whichever occurs first. If approved, an extension shall commence on the expiration date, even if it is not approved until after the expiration date.
(e) 
Public projects shall not be subject to a time limitation unless specific time limits are included within conditions placed upon the project’s approval. When time limits are placed on the conditional approval of a public project, extensions of time may be granted whenever warranted, provided that no single extension shall be greater than 12 months.